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18 (A)Oh set your heart to consider from this day [a]onward, from the (B)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was (C)founded, set your heart to consider: 19 Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will (D)bless you.’”

Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel

20 Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the (E)twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

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  1. Haggai 2:18 Or backward

18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(A) to the day when the foundation(B) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(C) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(D)

“‘From this day on I will bless(E) you.’”

Zerubbabel the Lord’s Signet Ring

20 The word of the Lord came to Haggai(F) a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:(G)

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